Recently we FOIA-ed the city for more information related to safety issues on Shore Drive.
Check the Read More link below to read the most recent FOIA requests.
How to FOIA.

…Vice Mayor Louis Jones and I are co-sponsoring a resolution creating a Shore Drive Safety Task Force.

Announced this afternoon at the SDAC meeting.

Mr Kassir, President of the SDAC, asked if there was any media in the room after WAVY TV filmed the room and did some interviews on a short break.

No other media attended.

As a result, police have preliminarily concluded that the victims? drunkenness was the sole cause of the fatal accident, according to testimony.
Read the article at Pilotonline.com.

Taste Unlimited, who chose to distribute the “This Holiday 35” flyer to their customers, and Virginia Beach Veterinary Hospital are also supporting the safety campaign.

Jimmy’s Pizza, Waffletown USA, Wawa, Subway[PH Rd], Crown[Greenwell Rd], The Leaping Lizard, Coastal Waterworks and Carwash, C.P.Shuckers and The Box Office have also decided to spread the word about the safety campaign.

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Thank you!

Gov. Mark R. Warner announced Tuesday that he will seek more than $200 million over the next two years to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay, a proposal he called the single largest investment in Virginia?s history toward restoring the famed Chesapeake.
Read the entire article.

The Shore Drive Advisory Committee[SDAC] has formally requested City Council put together a team of City staff to formally consider safety changes.

Excerpts:

”…citizens have continuously been commenting on this item for the entire seven years plus…”

“with this in mind, the Committee has prepared a generalized list of suggestions that it would like to see formally considered by a team of City staff…”

A couple photos at Pilotonline.com.

Bayside Auto Center, Jenna’s Deli, Shell Bayside, Bayside Vet Clinic, Foreign Car Experts, Virginia Beach Auto Exchange, Chicks Beach Cafe are all also promoting the safety campaign.

[Photo in Chicks Beach Cafe]

Concerned about the influx of chain restaurants into the region, six independent Virginia Beach restaurants put aside their rivalry to focus on competing with the chains.

?We just want people to know, ‘Hey, don?t forget us,?? said Christopher Kyrus , co-owner of Lynnhaven Fish House.

Read the entire article.

Thanks for spearheading the safety campaign on Shore Drive. I am a neighbor and close friend of the Day family. You should know how much he meant to everyone and what kind of person he was. Over 400 people attended his funeral service here in Virginia Beach on December 3, and 600 + in Charlotte, where the family lived until 3 1/2 years ago. I am attaching the remarks I made at the Virginia Beach service. ~Michele Z.

Where Shore Drive is concerned, it?s time to focus on pedestrian safety, not just traffic safety.

June Barrett-McDaniels, active volunteer member of SDAC and Lynnhaven River 2007 met John Warren, the Pilot Warrior, on Shore Drive where Mr. Ball was killed on the first.

Read entire article. You’ll be dumbfounded at how graphic the photo is too.

Drive Safe Hampton Roads is a coalition whose goal is to increase the community?s involvement and awareness of traffic safety issues.

Thanks to Todd for the tip and link.

The next SDAC meeting is scheduled for 2:00pm this coming Thursday at the Bayside Rec Center.

Received an email updating the armed robbery that happened recently in Cape Story on the bike path.

You’ve no doubt at some point made the mistake of trying to cross the Lesner Bridge on the south side and have encountered the almost impassable sand dune on the south east corner.

This $500,000 already funded project has not been considered to be scheduled to be started as it was moved off the list of priority projects to complete.

Last night, yet again, there was illegal and unsafe parking on Shore Drive.

This time, just a block away from another accident at the base of the Lesner Bridge.

So far, Don Julio’s, Yellow Fins,Croakers, Starbucks, Krogers and Shell Additions are on board either This Holiday, Drive 35 Campaign or their own version of raising awareness about how deadly Shore Drive has been for years.